Utah lawmakers on Thursday voted in favour of rising smoking age, already highest among the states, from 19 to 21. The move is inspired by new research on how many smokers start the habit as teenagers. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 4-1 to endorse SB12. The committee sent the same to the full Senate. Critics have argued that adults should be free to make even bad … [Read more...]
Utah mom buys all ‘indecent’ T-shirts on display
A Utah mother has given a bizarre example of the common notion that mom can go to any extent when it comes to protect their child. Judy Cox, mother of 18-year-old son, found a unique way to remove the T-shirts on display that she called "indecent" at a Utah mall when she went there to shop alongwith her son. The upset mother bought every last one of the T-shirts that she found indecent for her … [Read more...]
Utah Mom Buys All of Store’s T-Shirts She Found ‘Indecent’
SALT LAKE CITY – A mother outraged from the "indecent" T-shirts that were on display at University Mall in Orem about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City, purchased all the t-shirts to remove all of them. Judy Cox along with her 18-year-old son was on a birthday shopping in Saturday at the Utah mall when she saw the shirts featuring pictures of meagerly dressed models in offensive poses in the … [Read more...]
Dry northern Utah smothered with winter storms
SALT LAKE CITY — The unsustainable dry spell in Utah was lifted by preceding eight days of turbulence, supplying a hay for the mountains with the much needed water. Tage Flint, manager of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District said, “That storm we had last week was as big as we have seen in a decade." "We are happy about that." In the Feb. 8 storminess, the Weber Basin drainage area … [Read more...]
Salt Lake City area among top 10 U.S. regions with cheapest insurance prices
Salt Lake and Davis counties’ residents are getting a bargain on Obamacare’s online insurance marketplace in comparison to other parts of the country. The premiums in two-county region are found to be at least half the price paid by the country’s most expensive regions according to an analysis of health exchange insurance prices by Kaiser Health News and NPR. Obamacare was planned to fill up … [Read more...]
West Valley man alerts of scam involving jury duty
On Thursday, Feb. 14, 2014, Layne Wilson got a call. The call made, asked him to pay a fine for failing to report for jury duty. Wilson was aware that the call was a scam and wanted to notify others. Layne Wilson of West Valley City got a phone call from a man claiming to be Lt. Jeff Stevens. “He gave me a badge number. He gave me a phone number,” Wilson said. The caller informed that he … [Read more...]
One Arrested In Connection With Massive Salt Lake City Fire
Authorities on Friday arrested an electrician who is supposed to ignite the fire in Salt Lake City on Feb. 9 in a building. The massive fire was visible for miles. The fire in downtown Salt Lake City caused damage of $2.5 million. Dustin Jay Bowman, 33, of Bountiful was booked into the Salt Lake County jail on Friday night. Bowman was with Conelco-Conrad Electric Inc., a subcontractor on … [Read more...]
Bitcoin prospects in dark after $2.7 million heist
The last few days have been tough for Bitcoin as it suffered three setbacks one after another. The three top exchanges halted its withdrawals, a reported heist of $2.7 million and the exploitation of a flaw in the Bitcoin protocol all leading to a common question- Are the end-times coming to Bitcoin? Bitcoin is an experimental decentralized digital currency that enables instant payments to … [Read more...]
Pit Bull Attack Got 6-Year-Old Boy Hospitalized
SALT LAKE CITY — After an attack by a neighbor's pit bull Wednesday evening, a 6-year-old boy was hospitalized. Wyatt Abraham was playing soccer in a neighbor's yard and the dog cracked its chain. April Hancock, Wyatt’s mother said, “I was watching out a window, seeing him playing.” The dog's owner brawl the animal off, but as Wyatt began to run he released it, and the dog attacked again, … [Read more...]
Sex abuse victim helping Utah lawmakers to make tougher law
SALT LAKE CITY — Jamie Heiner claim of being abused by her teacher and basketball coach, Stephen Niedzwiecki, 34, when she was 15 years old. “Just little by little, he began to plant little seeds. He would tell me songs to listen to with sexual undertones,” she said. Now she's aiding Utah lawmakers with legislation that would make predators in point of special trust more liable. According … [Read more...]
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